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    A Big Thank You From the Smithereens

    Updated: Jan 28, 2019


    The Smithereens and Steven Van Zandt
    The Smithereens with Steven Van Zandt at "Time and Time Again"

    January 15, 2018


    A big thank you from The Smithereens regarding “Time and Time Again: A Celebration of Pat DiNizio”.


    From the bottom of our hearts, thank you for helping to turn sadness into joy. While we will forever miss Pat, the love we felt - from the audience at the Count Basie Theatre and all the comments from the live stream - assured us that his spirit will live on. We’d like to thank Little Steven for giving us the opportunity to celebrate Pat’s life, the entire backstage crew, and all of the guest artists who contributed their passionate renditions of The Smithereens’ songs:


    Richard Barone, Bebe Buell, Andy Burton, Marshall Crenshaw, Ken Dashow, Dave Davies, The Grip Weeds (Kristin Pinell Reil, Kurt Reil, Rick Reil,) Kenny Howes, Freedy Johnston, John Jorgenson, Severo Jornacion, Lenny Kaye, Ted Leo, Graham Maby, Kenny Margolis, Jim Monaghan, Tony Shanahan, Ed Stasium, Keith Streng, Steven Van Zandt, Robin Wilson, Peter Zaremba, Zou Zou. We’d also like to thank Patty Smyth and Scandal for their performance.


    A very special thank you to the White Castle corporation for their generous donation of $10,000 to the Pat DiNizio Musical Performance Scholarship fund and as a special bonus, for treating our audience to 500 cheeseburgers as a late night snack! To be continued...


    Jim Babjak, Dennis Diken, Mike Mesaros


    #Smithereens #PatDiNizio

    A Statement From Jim, Dennis and Mike

    Updated: Jan 28, 2019


    The Smithereens in their early days
    The savage young Smithereens

    December 12, 2017


    Today we mourn the loss of our friend, brother and bandmate Pat DiNizio. Pat had the magic touch. He channeled the essence of joy and heartbreak into hook-laden three minute pop songs infused with a lifelong passion for rock & roll. Our journey with Pat was long, storied and a hell of a lot of fun. We grew up together. Little did we know that we wouldn’t grow old together.


    Goodbye Pat. Seems like yesterday.


    Jimmy, Mike, Dennis


    #Smithereens #PatDiNizio



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